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A Free People
Directed by Michael Elkins
In this film about immigration to Israel from Europe and…
A Bookshelf On Top of the Sky: 12 Stories about John Zorn
Directed by Claudia Heuermann.
John Zorn is a Jewish American composer who has been…
Tipat Mazal (A Bit of Luck)
This film is directed by and stars Ze'ev Ravach. It is about Zuzu, a popular Jewish…
Representations of Jews in the Musical Theater of the Habsburg Empire (1788-1807)
Research on the image of the Jew in eighteenth-century literature and theater has not…
Ba'al Menagen\ Menagen
The word 'menagen' (menágn in a Yiddish accent) comes from the verb 'nagen,' which in…
Hora
Origin of the term
The word originates from Rumanian. As an ancient term it meant a…
Society for Jewish Folk Music
Violins, Voice and Jews
In the spring of 1897, on the eve of the Russian Orthodox…
Seliha-Selihot
The word Seliha (plural- Selihot) means forgiveness in Hebrew.
In the singular form…
Contrafactum
A term borrowed from medieval Christianity. It refers to a technique of converting…
Musical instruments of the Mountain Jews
Aziatskay garmoshka (lit. 'Asian accordion'; also called 'gar-mon' or 'ghumuz' in Juhuri…